London—26 September 1940 Summary

As Polly listens to the others from her bomb shelter talk about what play they plan to perform as a troupe, she's planning what day that she can go to Backbury to find Eileen and still return in time for work. At work that day, she consults the train and bus schedules. She finds there are three trains set to leave after work. She buys Marjorie replacement stocking for the ones she borrowed because stockings are about to become scarce in the war. Polly tells Marjorie she has to leave because her mother is sick, so Marjorie says she'll cover for Polly.

Polly has to go back to the boardinghouse to get her reserve cash so she can afford her train ticket. She gets a taxi from the boardinghouse to the train station. On the ride, she starts to...